Ken Burns: Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns The Soundtrack (2 CD) 2019 Release Date 9/13/19
Ken Burns: Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns The Soundtrack (2 CD) 2019 Release Date 9/13/19

Five CD set. Original soundtrack to the Ken Burns documentary series. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening.
And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. The Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns soundtrack includes more than 100 timeless classics as heard in the film on 5 CDs, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more.
Five CD set. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) includes more than 100 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.Â
- - Disc 1 -
- 1Â Can the Circle Be Unbroken (78RPM Version) - Carter Family, the - 3:07
- 2Â Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:57
- 3Â Barbara Allen - Kincaid, Bradley - 2:35
- 4Â I'll Fly Away - James and Martha Carson - 2:23
- 5Â If the River Was Whiskey - Poole, Charlie with the North Carolina Ramblers - 3:09
- 6Â Fox Chase - Bailey, Deford - 1:09
- 7Â Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner) - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:40
- 8Â Wildwood Flower - Carter Family, the - 3:12
- 9Â In the Jailhouse Now - Rodgers, Jimmie - 3:18
- 10Â Comin' Round the Mountain - Uncle Dave Macon and Sam McGee - 3:07
- 11Â . Pretty Polly (78RPM Version) - Coon Creek Girls - 2:48
- 12Â T.B. Blues - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:59
- 13Â Mountain Dew - Grandpa Jones and His Granchildren - 2:39
- 14Â Home on the Range - Autry, Gene - 2:38
- 15Â I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Montana, Patsy & the Prairie Ramblers - 3:06
- 16Â Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Single Version) - Sons of the Pioneers, the - 3:12
- 17Â Medley: Keep on the Sunny Side / I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Keep on the Sunny Side\ I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - Carter Family, the - 2:06
- 18Â The Great Speckled Bird - Acuff, Roy - 2:46
- 19Â Whoa Babe - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:34
- 20Â New San Antonio Rose (78RPM Version) - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:36
- 21Â Wabash Cannonball (Album Version) - Acuff, Roy - 2:36
- 22Â Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:57
- - Disc 2 -
- 1Â Honky Tonkin' - Williams, Hank with His Drifting Cowboys - 2:42
- 2Â It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:49
- 3Â New Mule Skinner Blues - Maddox Brothers and Rose - 3:07
- 4Â I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Arnold, Eddy - 2:39
- 5Â Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Album Version) - Flatt, Lester; Scruggs, Earl; Foggy Mountain Boys, the - 2:39
- 6Â Molly and Tenbrook - Stanley Brothers, the - 2:32
- 7Â Lovesick Blues - Williams, Hank - 2:43
- 8Â I Saw the Light - Williams, Hank - 2:13
- 9Â Hey, Good Lookin' - Williams, Hank - 3:19
- 10Â It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Wells, Kitty - 2:27
- 11Â . I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Single Version) - Williams, Hank with His Drifting Cowboys - 2:46
- 12Â Jambalaya (Single Version) - Little Brenda Lee - 2:07
- 13Â New Step It Up and Go - Maddox Brothers and Rose - 2:24
- 14Â I Walk the Line - Cash, Johnny & the Tennessee Two - 2:44
- 15Â Crazy Arms - Price, Ray - 2:30
- 16Â Bye, Bye Love - Everly Brothers, the - 2:23
- 17Â The Long Black Veil - Frizzell, Lefty - 3:08
- 18Â El Paso - Robbins, Marty - 4:38
- 19Â Night Life (Album Version) - Price, Ray - 4:45
- 20Â Hello Walls - Young, Faron - 2:22
- 21Â I Fall to Pieces (Single Version) - Cline, Patsy - 2:49
- 22Â Ring of Fire - Cash, Johnny - 2:35
- 23Â Crazy - Cline, Patsy - 2:42
- 24Â I Can't Stop Loving You - Charles, Ray - 4:10
- - Disc 3 -
- 1Â Dang Me - Miller, Roger - 1:47
- 2Â I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Owens, Buck - 2:10
- 3Â Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (Single Version) - Lynn, Loretta - 2:06
- 4Â Coal Miner's Daughter - Lynn, Loretta - 2:58
- 5Â Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Pride, Charley - 2:02
- 6Â Hungry Eyes - Haggard, Merle & the Strangers - 3:26
- 7Â Mama Tried - Haggard, Merle & the Strangers - 2:11
- 8Â Harper Valley P.T.A. - Riley, Jeannie C. - 3:20
- 9Â Don't Touch Me - Seely, Jeannie - 3:11
- 10Â Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Cash, Johnny - 2:42
- 11Â . Stand By Your Man - Wynette, Tammy - 2:37
- 12Â She Thinks I Still Care - Jones, George - 2:31
- 13Â You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds, the - 2:33
- 14Â Me and Bobby McGee - Kristofferson, Kris - 4:20
- 15Â Help Me Make It Through the Night - Smith, Sammi - 2:30
- 16Â Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down - Kristofferson, Kris - 4:28
- 17Â Okie from Muskogee - Haggard, Merle - 2:41
- 18Â Man in Black - Cash, Johnny - 2:51
- 19Â Girl from the North Country - Dylan, Bob, with Johnny Cash - 3:41
- 20Â Grand Ole Opry Song - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 3:10
- 21Â Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 4:50
- - Disc 4 -
- 1Â Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Jennings, Waylon - 2:55
- 2Â Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (Single (2002 Remaster)) - Parton, Dolly - 3:09
- 3Â Jolene - Parton, Dolly - 2:40
- 4Â I Will Always Love You - Parton, Dolly - 2:54
- 5Â We're Gonna Hold on (Album Version) - Jones, George & Tammy Wynette - 2:54
- 6Â Texas Cookin' - Clark, Guy - 3:26
- 7Â If I Needed You - Van Zandt, Townes - 3:43
- 8Â I Can't Stop Loving You - RodrÃguez, Johnny - 2:56
- 9Â I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone) (Remastered) - Jennings, Waylon - 2:40
- 10Â Love Hurts (Live) - Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels - 4:44
- 11Â . Boulder to Birmingham - Harris, Emmylou - 3:33
- 12Â Bluebird Wine - Harris, Emmylou - 3:18
- 13Â Whiskey River (Live) - Nelson, Willie - 3:39
- 14Â Miles and Miles of Texas - Asleep at the Wheel - 3:04
- 15Â Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Nelson, Willie - 2:18
- 16Â A Good Hearted Woman - Jennings, Waylon & Willie Nelson - 2:56
- 17Â Family Tradition - Williams Jr., Hank - 3:58
- 18Â Seven Year Ache (Album Version) - Cash, Rosanne - 3:14
- 19Â Pancho and Lefty - Haggard, Merle and Willie Nelson - 4:47
- 20Â He Stopped Loving Her Today (Album Version) - Jones, George - 3:17
- - Disc 5 -
- 1Â Don't Get Above Your Raisin' - Skaggs, Ricky - 3:10
- 2Â On the Road Again (Live) - Nelson, Willie - 2:37
- 3Â Amarillo By Morning - Strait, George - 2:52
- 4Â Somebody Should Leave - McEntire, Reba - 3:33
- 5Â Diggin' Up Bones - Travis, Randy - 2:59
- 6Â Why Not Me - Judds, the - 3:29
- 7Â Honky Tonk Man - Yoakam, Dwight - 2:46
- 8Â Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - 2:48
- 9Â Where've You Been - Mattea, Kathy - 3:44
- 10Â I'm No Stranger to the Rain - Whitley, Keith - 3:32
- 11Â . Go Rest High on That Mountain - Gill, Vince - 5:14
- 12Â Guitar Town - Earle, Steve - 2:33
- 13Â She's in Love with the Boy - Yearwood, Trisha - 4:07
- 14Â Tennessee Flat Top Box (Album Version) - Cash, Rosanne - 3:15
- 15Â Get Up John - Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers - 2:54
- 16Â Uncle Pen (Album Version) - Skaggs, Ricky - 2:24
- 17Â I Still Miss Someone (Live) - Cash, Rosanne - 2:41
- 18Â Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 4:46